Archive for December 2009

“It’s the choice of a new supermodel,” says Antoine Arnault about Lara Stone in WWD this morning. The rumors are true, they usually are, and the Dutch almost-supermodel stars in the brand’s spring campaign. Steven Meisel shot the blurry image at left, of Lara lounging in a garden of Vuitton delights built inside a New [...]

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It feels like we’ve been waiting ages for the release of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. But before Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter hit the screen in March, dresses inspired by the story will hit Printemps in February. In honor of Lewis Carroll’s story and Tim Burton’s film, the Parisian department store’s [...]

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If Daphne Guinness became the face of a brand, or when Daphne Guinness became the face of a brand, Akris is probably the last name that’d come to mind. But she is, pictured here in their spring campaign. Officially, she’s the face of their new handbag collection which launches in February, when the ads hit [...]

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This morning’s WWD has a big story about the now-flailing retail sector in Los Angeles–specifically areas like Third Street, the Melrose corridor (home to stores like Marc Jacobs, Maxfield and Alexander McQueen), Robertson, and Montana in Santa Monica. Specialty boutiques have been shutting down at a more rapid rate lately. And commercial real estate is [...]

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Quote of the Day

“We kept reading in the news about economic losses, and cuts, cuts, and more cuts, so we decided to design dresses that did just that: cut,” Viktor Horsting to Vogue.com on the amazing Viktor & Rolf S/S 10 collection.

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Barbie’s been having a fashion resurgence for quite a while now. From Italian Vogue to foosball tables to designer editions. But this just may be our favorite yet. Rei Kawakubo is dressing Barbie in a photo print dress (which we would kill to own ourselves) that is tied into Comme des Garçons “Jingle Flowers” holiday [...]

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Of course it’s no secret how we feel about copying and counterfeiting in fashion. While not all of you agree with us, it seems that Coach does. They’re taking a very aggressive legal stance against those producing and selling fakes of their bags, and they currently focusing on the great state of Texas, according to [...]

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From Jeans to Jolie: You might’ve thrown snowballs or watched football this weekend, but Georgia May Jagger was on set for her first Rimmel campaign shoot. Here’s a peek – we swear it’s not vintage Jerry. {LeLaid} A Denim Treaty: Did you know jeans are banned in North Korea because they’re a “symbol of American [...]

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